Making its worldwide debut on the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show, the Ford Evos Concept represents the remaining expression of Ford's new worldwide layout language, and explores key destiny powertrain and car technology.Created as a bespoke idea car, the fastback introduces Ford's first surely worldwide layout language because the momentum of the company's One Ford product plan keeps to construct.
"The Ford Evos Concept unites 3 key factors which can be on the center of our One Ford worldwide product strategy: tremendous layout, clever technology and gasoline economic system leadership," stated Derrick Kuzak, organization vice chairman of Global Product Development."With its compelling layout and modern era revel in, that is a clean demonstration of the thrilling imaginative and prescient we've for the Ford logo. While you may in no way see this automobile on the street, the following technology of Ford merchandise round the arena will show some of the different layout thoughts and superior technology it showcases."
Technology imaginative and prescient for enriched client revel in.Ford Evos Concept isn't always only a layout-led exercise. It additionally embodies the worldwide Ford product improvement team's circulate to layout and expand cars as extra than simply an indoors and outdoors, or a group of attributes."Our purpose is to recognition on enriching a client's each revel in with their car - with the aid of using personalizing it, adapting it, and growing specific, sudden functions that wonder and pride them," stated Kuzak. "In the Ford Evos Concept, this goal is explored and prolonged to the region of connectivity, in which the motive isn't always to transform the car right into a telephone, however as a substitute to offer customized and secure connection to the out of doors international in an enriching way designed definitely for the car context."Ford's worldwide Research and Innovation team, led with the aid of using Paul Mascarenas, became tasked with constructing Ford Evos Concept round a era revel in as visionary because the layout. The end result alerts how Ford intends to construct at the momentum of improvements just like the SYNC in-automobile connectivity system.
"At Ford, the destiny of era withinside the automobile can be described with the aid of using the revel in that it provides to the motive force and passengers," stated Paul Mascarenas, leader technical officer and vice chairman of Ford Research and Innovation. "We see era as extra than simply an excellent listing of microprocessors, sensors and software; it is approximately the software of that era to create an revel in that complements the motive force's time at the back of the wheel."The idea's era revel in embraces a brand new technology of motive force interplay and consciousness presently below improvement withinside the Ford Research and Innovation laboratories. Seamless connectivity among the car and the motive force's 'non-public cloud' of records is on the coronary heart of the imaginative and prescient for its capabilities.
"The opportunities are charming whilst we discover the way to permit a unbroken life-style among domestic, workplace and automobile related with the aid of using get entry to to the motive force's non-public records," Mascarenas stated.With records from the cloud, the car can offer the identical related life-style the motive force reviews at domestic or workplace. The automobile is aware of the motive force, and mechanically adapts dealing with, guidance and engine controls to supply a really dynamic riding revel in.Ford researchers are focusing their efforts on this region to supply on 4 key client blessings: personalisation, seamless enhancement of the riding revel in, searching after the motive force's wellbeing and turning in clever electrified powertrain optimisation.
The customized, cloud-related life-style.While modern-day Ford merchandise offer drivers with many personalisation options, cloud connectivity will permit destiny Ford cars to take the revel in to the following level.Drawing from an in depth expertise of the motive force's possibilities and riding behavior, the Ford Evos Concept combines this non-public records with extra information from the cloud, along with the motive force's paintings agenda and neighborhood site visitors or climate conditions. This records offers a customized and seamless revel in because the motive force transitions inside and outside of the auto."We're gaining knowledge of how we are able to use styles or possibilities set with the aid of using the motive force to make lifestyles simpler," stated Mascarenas. "The automobile receives to understand you and might act as a non-public assistant to deal with a number of the same old workouts of a every day commute."It should mechanically play the identical song or information application that became simply streaming at domestic, or warmness or cool the indoors to a super temperature earlier than the motive force receives in while not having to be asked with the aid of using predicting departure time primarily based totally on his calendar. Wirelessly speaking with gadgets withinside the domestic, it can near the storage door and transfer off the lighting fixtures mechanically because it pulls away."This cloud-related imaginative and prescient indicates the vast capability of tailoring the riding revel in to fit the precise non-public tastes and moods of the motive force," stated Mascarenas. "From recommending a exceptional riding street from buddies in your social networks or resetting your alarm clock to assist you to sleep in whilst a morning assembly receives cancelled!"Ford Evos Concept explores adaptive car technology to redefine the riding revel in.Current era calls for car chassis settings to be described primarily based totally upon the talents and tastes of a cross-segment of drivers and the topography of usual roads. The idea foresees tuning dealing with and overall performance to the street beforehand and the particular person at the back of the wheel.
Learning motive force behavior and capabilities, the era can overlay map and climate information sourced from the cloud to alter powertrain, guidance, suspension and braking structures for maximum enjoyment, consolation and safety. Because the car is adaptive and honed to most overall performance primarily based totally at the situation, it takes riding engagement to a brand new level.Ford researchers have already evolved technology centered on motive force wellbeing, along with the coronary heart-charge tracking seat and authorized allergic reaction-unfastened interiors. With a unbroken connection to the cloud, the Ford Evos Concept video display units the bodily country and workload of the motive force and adjusts the riding revel in accordingly.
"Our wellbeing studies and technology are centered on relieving motive force pressure and improving their situational consciousness," stated Mascarenas. "Drivers round the arena are spending extra time at the back of the wheel, and the auto have to now no longer be every other pressure factor of their lives."The Ford Evos Concept is likewise geared up with superior air first-class sensors and filtration structures to assist allergic reaction sufferers. Location aware, it is able to get entry to air first-class information from the cloud and proactively endorse a more fit course to the destination.In dynamic riding situations, the car can also additionally simplify the arrival of the tool panel to show handiest important gauge records and transfer the motive force's related telephone to "Do Not Disturb" mode to assist preserve the focal point of interest on the street.Completing the imaginative and prescient for the Ford Evos Concept is a modern-day lithium-ion plug-in hybrid (PHEV) powertrain imparting the identical next-technology overall performance and gasoline economic system because the Ford C-MAX Energi scheduled for advent in North America in 2012 and Europe in 2013.
Ford 'powersplit' hybrid structure permits the electrical motor and petrol engine to paintings collectively or one at a time to maximize performance. The superior powertrain commonly runs in all-electric powered mode earlier than switching to charge-maintaining hybrid mode for persevered most advantageous gasoline performance.Cloud connectivity might offer in addition possibilities to beautify overall performance and performance with the aid of using deciding on the greatest mixture of powertrain modes for any given journey.
"Access to historic motive force behaviour and journey styles permits us to calculate the most advantageous gasoline and power performance with the aid of using predicting the destination," stated Mascarenas. "Our researchers are running to boom expertise of motive force behaviour, expand correct protocols to are expecting it and beautify the ride with the aid of using imparting the best use of gasoline or battery for the situation."The cloud-optimised powertrain might mechanically 'understand' whilst to store power and transfer modes, the usage of records approximately the car's expected journey course, any emission region regulations throughout the adventure and present day climate conditions.
In the destiny, groups can also additionally region company regulations at the varieties of cars allowed to apply sure roads or dual carriageway lanes, and a few metropolis centres can also additionally pick out to be open handiest to complete electric powered cars. Helping drivers follow such guidelines should consequently be some of the blessings of this era. For example, the French authorities is thinking about growing zones mandating decrease emissions, even as towns along with London, Berlin, and Stockholm have already got them in region.This functionality might in addition beautify the overall performance of Ford's superior PHEV era, which gives an standard riding variety of extra than 500 miles (800 kilometres) the usage of the battery and engine - extra than another plug-in or prolonged-variety electric powered car.
"With its leading-edge 'cloud-optimised' PHEV powertrain imparting tremendous performance and variety with splendid riding enjoyment, the Ford Evos Concept highlights our imaginative and prescient for greener, smarter cars with tremendous client appeal," stated Kuzak.The Ford Evos Concept became mainly evolved to introduce the brand new Ford layout direction. Key layout factors can be implemented to drawing close Ford cars.
The new worldwide layout DNA offers the company's international layout groups with a not unusualplace framework to manual the introduction of recent merchandise, permitting them to form a coherent own circle of relatives of different cars sharing the identical essential layout person.
"We desired the Ford Evos Concept to offer a clean message approximately in which Ford layout is heading - shaping cars which can be amusing to power, have a sturdy top rate visible appeal, and above all, are stunningly beautiful," stated J Mays, organization vice chairman, Design and leader innovative officer."Our thrilling new layout DNA has been evolved and subtle with the aid of using an in depth attempt with the aid of using all of our gifted worldwide layout team," stated Mays. "As a team, we desired to create a extra technical layout vocabulary to assist talk the clever era this is now center to the Ford logo. In addition, we labored specifically difficult on assembly the high-expectancies of a brand new technology of shoppers - a set of customers who've grown up surrounded with the aid of using beautiful, top rate layout paintings on even the maximum lower priced merchandise."
To offer a becoming car to introduce the brand new layout language, the Ford Evos Concept became conceived as a dramatic fastback idea, combining a hanging new profile with modern proportions. Attention-grabbing strains hide a completely unique new format, with a 4-door, 4-seat format which mixes dynamic look with unexpected practicality."This is an thrilling new interpretation of the fastback bodystyle, with a genuinely modern silhouette in addition to dramatic and really cutting-edge proportions," Mays stated.
With the period of an average C-automobile, however with width of a CD-automobile, the Ford Evos Concept has a powerful, wearing stance. The ahead function of the cowl, the strongly rounded the front display and the A-pillars set in addition to the rear enabled the designers to create the influence of a conventional GT automobile, however with a totally modern-day feel.The idea's outstanding hinged gullwing-fashion doors, each the front and rear, offer tremendous get entry to to the spacious 4-seat cabin.The idea automobile measures 4.50m (177in) long, 1.97m (77in) extensive and 1.36m (53in) high, with a wheelbase of 2.74m (108in).
Shaped because the remaining expression of the brand new layout DNA, the Ford Evos Concept highlights key factors of Ford's different new worldwide layout language."The new layout DNA marks a ambitious evolution of the kinetic layout language featured on present worldwide Ford merchandise and is characterized with the aid of using some of essential factors a good way to make contributions to an unmistakable destiny Ford look," stated Mays.
From the the front, the Ford Evos Concept right now alerts the appearance of some thing new - a brand new face for Ford offering the signature trapezoidal grille installed better on the auto and growing a confident, extra top rate look.
Bold, technical shapes, along with the extraordinarily narrow 'laser cut' the front lamps or the dramatic photo created with the aid of using the the front and rear monitors related with the aid of using the skinny glazed segment of the roof, upload a different person to the layout. Sculptured flanks spotlight interest to element at the surfacing, which lends a cultured first-class and a tauter, extra muscular person.
"The Ford Evos Concept embodies the center factors of the brand new worldwide layout language, even as taking pictures the dynamic, amusing-to-power spirit that is principal to the Ford DNA," stated government layout director Martin Smith. "Most wonderful is the logo new 'face of Ford', with its better installed trapezoidal grille, and the layout is characterized with the aid of using the usage of very ambitious, technical graphics. We have additionally created an awful lot extra subtle and specific surfacing, and those factors collectively provide a sturdy visible experience of top rate first-class.The car became sculpted with the identical purity of floor sculpture and interest to element which characterise top rate cars. Around the arena, a brand new technology of shoppers have come to anticipate top rate layout in all merchandise, no matter the acquisition price.Built across the motive force.Reflecting the amusing-to-power spirit of its outdoors layout, the indoors of the Ford Evos Concept is constructed across the motive force. A fashionable and modern cockpit guarantees new stages of riding pride and motive force interplay.The indoors structure functions smooth and easy surfaces, with a muscular, athletic person to the narrow top tool panel, more suitable with the aid of using ambitious trapezoidal cut-outs. Contrasting those muscular forms, curvaceous cockpit show surfaces sweep down both facet of the motive force, imparting secondary records approximately car and infotainment structures.The idea functions a ambitious purple motive force's seat and the imaginative and prescient of unheard of motive force interplay thru a sophisticated motive force interface.The rear seat passengers get an similarly unique revel in, with committed touch-display presentations to have interaction with the car and personally adjustable sports activities seats."Both the outdoors and indoors of the Ford Evos Concept definitely talk that that is a motive force's automobile, in order that as quickly as humans see the car, they may right now need to get in and power," stated government layout director Moray Callum.